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Markandya Purana (Markendya Rishi)

मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्

The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas, a Sanskrit text. It includes the famous Devi Mahatmya section, which praises the goddess Devi.

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Chapter 71 · 29 shlokas

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 1

चिन्तयामास निः श्वस्य किमत्र सुकतं भवेत।।

cintayāmāsa niḥ śvasya kimatra sukataṃ bhavet||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 2

वैकल्यं विप्रमुद्दिश्य तथाहायं निशाचरः।।

vaikalyaṃ vipramuddiśya tathāhāyaṃ niśācaraḥ||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 3

अथवा ज्ञानदृष्टिं तं पृच्छामि मुनिसत्तमम।।

athavā jñānadṛṣṭiṃ taṃ pṛcchāmi munisattamam||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 4

ययौ यत्र स धर्मात्मा त्रिकालज्ञो महामिनिः।।

yayau yatra sa dharmātmā trikālajño mahāminiḥ||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 5

यथावृत्तं समाचख्यौ राक्षसेन समागमम।।

yathāvṛttaṃ samācakhyau rākṣasena samāgamam||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 6

प्रेषणं भर्तृगेहे च कार्यमागमने च यत।।

preṣaṇaṃ bhartṛgehe ca kāryamāgamane ca yat||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 7

कार्यमागमने चैव मत्समीपे तवाखिलम।।

kāryamāgamane caiva matsamīpe tavākhilam||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 8

त्वय्यागते महीपाल! शृणु कार्यञ्च यत्त्वया।।

tvayyāgate mahīpāla! śṛṇu kāryañca yattvayā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 9

विशेषतश्च धर्मस्य सन्त्यक्तस्त्यजता हि ताम।।

viśeṣataśca dharmasya santyaktastyajatā hi tām||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 10

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापि वैश्यः शूद्रो ऽपि वा नृप।।

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdro 'pi vā nṛpa||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 11

अत्याज्यो हि यथा भर्ता स्त्रीणां भर्या तथा नृणाम।।

atyājyo hi yathā bhartā strīṇāṃ bharyā tathā nṛṇām||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 12

नानुकूलानुकूलस्य यस्मात्त्यक्ता ततो मया।।

nānukūlānukūlasya yasmāttyaktā tato mayā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 13

भगवंस्तद्वियोगार्तिबिभीतेनान्तरात्मना।।

bhagavaṃstadviyogārtibibhītenāntarātmanā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 14

भक्षिता वापि विपिने सिंहव्याघ्रनिशाचरैः।।

bhakṣitā vāpi vipine siṃhavyāghraniśācaraiḥ||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 15

सा त्वविप्लुतचारित्रा साम्प्रतन्तु रसातले।।

sā tvaviplutacāritrā sāmpratantu rasātale||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 16

अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन! यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि।।

atyadbhutamidaṃ brahman! yathāvadvaktumarhasi||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 17

तेन दृष्टा त्वया त्यक्ता भ्रममाणा महावने।।

tena dṛṣṭā tvayā tyaktā bhramamāṇā mahāvane||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 18

वेदितार्थेन पातालं नीता सा युवती तदा।।

veditārthena pātālaṃ nītā sā yuvatī tadā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 19

भार्या मनोरमा चास्य नागराजस्य धीमतः।।

bhāryā manoramā cāsya nāgarājasya dhīmataḥ||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 20

दृष्टा स्वगेहं सा नीता गुप्ता चान्तः पुरे शुभा।।

dṛṣṭā svagehaṃ sā nītā guptā cāntaḥ pure śubhā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 21

मूका भविष्यसीत्याह तदा तां तनयां पिता।।

mūkā bhaviṣyasītyāha tadā tāṃ tanayāṃ pitā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 22

नीता तेनोरगेन्द्रेण धृता तत्सुतया सती।।

nītā tenoragendreṇa dhṛtā tatsutayā satī||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 23

द्विजवर्यं स्वदौर्भाग्यकारणं दयितां प्रति।।

dvijavaryaṃ svadaurbhāgyakāraṇaṃ dayitāṃ prati||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 24

किन्नु तत्कारणं येन स्वपत्नी नातिवत्सला।।

kinnu tatkāraṇaṃ yena svapatnī nātivatsalā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 25

सा च मां प्रति दुः शीला ब्रूहि यत्कारणं द्विज।।

sā ca māṃ prati duḥ śīlā brūhi yatkāraṇaṃ dvija||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 26

शुक्रवाचस्पतिभ्याञ्च तव भार्यावलोकिता।।

śukravācaspatibhyāñca tava bhāryāvalokitā||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 27

परस्परविपक्षौ तौ ततः पार्थिव! ते भृशम।।

parasparavipakṣau tau tataḥ pārthiva! te bhṛśam||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 28

पत्नीसहायः सर्वाश्च कुरु धर्मवतीः क्रियाः।।

patnīsahāyaḥ sarvāśca kuru dharmavatīḥ kriyāḥ||

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About the Auttāna Manvantara (continued) - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 71 · Verse 29

उत्तमः पृथिवीपाल आजगाम निजं पुरम।।

uttamaḥ pṛthivīpāla ājagāma nijaṃ puram||

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